Sheet Metal

[🪦 Mutilated ●]

This is probally a dumb question but what\'s the easiest quickest way to rust up sheet metal? I need to make a sheild and it\'s pretty big so help would be greatly appreciated.

[🪦 gmyers ●]

Anything acidic, it works well. You can use spray paint or paints (best and quickest way) to give it the rusted look.

[🪦 Mutilated ●]

This is what i\'m making.

[🪦 gmyers ●]

paint would be your best and quickest option for that.

[🪦 Mutilated ●]

What color would you say that sheild is?

[🪦 gmyers ●]

I use a paint called rust color. It looks exactly like that, your lucky hobby store should have it.

[🪦 Mutilated ●]

In spray paint?

[🪦 mike ●]

Get a DC converter like the one used on a train set. Cut the connector off,
separate the wires, and strip them both.

Now you need a jar of water with a tablespoon or so of sodium chloride
(which is SALT!) added to it. This makes the water conductive.

Now insert both wires into the mixture (I am assuming you plugged the
converter in...) and let them sit for five minutes. One of them will start
bubbling more than the other. This is the POSITIVE(+) wire. If you do not do
this test right, the final product will be the opposite (chemically) of
rust, which is RUST ACID. You have no use for this here (although it IS
useful!).

Anyway, put the metaltied to the positive wire into the jar. Now put the
negative wire in the other end..it will get coverd in rust

[🪦 Mutilated ●]

Wow, thanks! Someone told me you could just pee on it and it\'ll rust.

[🪦 gmyers ●]

In spray paint?

no it\'s brush paint. But if you want, go with what Mike said.